This massive bloom is infamous for its terrible odour, earning it the nickname “corpse flower.” Rafflesia arnoldii is ...

It's great to stop and smell the roses, but there are certain flowers you definitely don't want to get a whiff of. While many plants use sweet smells and nectar to attract insects and other animal ...

You'd have to be like Indiana Jones and hack your way through a thick jungle if you want to find the rafflesia – and even then, this beautiful flower doesn’t just grow on trees, because it ...

Bursting forth: The Rafflesia Like something out of a horror ... Known for its putrid smell and red flowers with sulphur-yellow flecks, the Sapria himalayana was first described in 1836, by ...

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo. This plant has no stem or leaves ... To do this, the seeds trick dung beetles. The beetles smell out, roll and then bury antelope dung, before laying ...

The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest, measuring 1m (around 3ft 3in) across in some cases. Image caption, Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t smell this picture It ...